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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Bullacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1916)

Bladder grasshopper
Bullacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 21.1. female (after type specimen, body length 54 mm, pronotum 25 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 21.1. female (after type specimen, body length 54 mm, pronotum 25 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 21.2. female face. (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Cystocoelia boschimana Péringuey, 1916: 411.

    Holotype; female; 78bed978-469b-435a-bf32-3088211a3c99; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); Namibia: Otjozondjupa: Bushmanland

  • Bulla boschimana (Péringuey, 1916) in Uvarov, 1928: 341.
  • Bullacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1916) in Johnston, 1968: 37.
  • Bullacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1916) in Gordon, Colville, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2024: 313.

References (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) Revision of the family Pneumoridae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 15(10), 325–396. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis15entoond
  • Gordon, M.L., Colville, J.F., Engelbrecht, A. & Couldridge, V.C.K. (2024) Ancient grasshoppers: A revision of the genus Bullacris (Orthoptera: Pneumoridae). Zootaxa, 5474(4), 301–354. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.4.1
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Louis Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1928) Notes on the types of Othoptera described by Dr. L. Peringuey. Annals of the South African Museum, 25(2), 341–357. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126046#page/421/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Probably derived from name of type localiy Bushmanland.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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